I like hippos very much but there is no hippo in the zoo.

我非常喜欢河马，但动物园里没有河马。

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We would tell the rebels that we'd prefer if they didn't sell them to people who don't like us very much, but we have no enforcement mechanisms and no leverage.

我们美国会告诉反抗者，我们希望他们不要将这些武器卖给我们不喜欢的人，但我们美国没有执行机构和相应手段来保证利比亚的反抗者这样做。

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That climate change has not yet done very much harm may be cheering, but the past offers no firm guarantees for the future.

气候和变化迄今为止还没有造成非常大的损害，这也许是件令人高兴的事，但是过去并不对未来提供可靠的保证。

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He apologizes for having been absent for the past couple of days, but no one seems to care very much.

NEWYORKER: The TV

Back then, the windows of the bigger stores didn't have very much to offer, but no one came up to you and struck you in the face with a whip.

NPR: 'The Swallows of Kabul' Book Excerpt

The companies are pouring billions of dollars into marketing in attempts to carve out, or protect, scintillas of market share, but these huge investments no longer are moving the needle very much.

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